Idioms

Rip off - cheat someone, especially financially.

Make a living - to earn the money one needs to pay for housing, food, etc. He made a living by working as a cook.

Make ends meet - to earn the money one needs to pay for housing, food, etc. He made a living by working as a cook.

Bang in the buck - good quality for the money spent.

Getting your money's worth - to get something worth the price that you paid

Pay off - the act or occasion of receiving money or material gain especially as compensation or as a bribe

Down-to-earth - practical, reasonable, and friendly:

Cut out for - naturally able or suited to do or be (something).

Eat, sleep, and breathe - is used when someone is incredibly enthusiastic about something, focusing. all of their energy on that one thing.

Black sheep - a member of a family or group who is regarded as a disgrace to them.

A race against time/the clock - a situation in which something must happen or be done quickly because little time is available

Once in a blue moon - very rarely.

Come a long way - to rise to a much higher level of success.

Pull off - succeed in achieving or winning something difficult.

On top of the world - extremely happy.

Rags to riches - from a state of having very little money to a state of having a lot of money.

Blue-collar workers do work needing strength or physical skill rather than office work. White-collar - workers are known as suit-and-tie workers who work in service industries and often avoid physical labor.

Wait until the last minute - doing something just before the deadline.

In the long run - over or after a long period of time; eventually.

Get with the times - to understand and change to fit what is now happening and accepted in the culture.

A fish out of water - a person who is in unfamiliar, and often uncomfortable, surroundings.

A happy camper - a comfortable, contented person.

On the fence - not able to decide something.

Makes your blood boil - make someone very angry.

See eye to eye - have similar views or attitudes to something; be in full agreement.

Bite the bullet - To do or accept something unpleasant, often after a period of hesitation.

Can of worms - a situation that causes a lot of problems for you when you start to deal with it

Through thick and thin - through many difficult times over a long period

Sink or swim - fail or succeed entirely by one's own efforts.

Achilles' heel - a weakness or vulnerable point.